A imaginação como resistência: a vulnerabilidade social e a constituição da identidade em Anne de Green Gables.

Abstract

Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908 in Canada, is an important literary milestone in the representation of teenagers. This work aims to analyze the role of youthful imagination in situations of social vulnerability, as well as the constitutive factors of a creative mentality and how they are evidenced in the literary work. The title character needs to learn to fight against inequalities and abandonment, and it will be her imagination, fueled by literary references, that will give her the necessary tools to build her identity. The main theoretical references are Michèle Petit (2008; 2009), Wilma Patricia Maas (2000), Teresa Andruetto (2012), among others. In conclusion, there is proof of the essential role of literature in the process of forming the youthful imagination and the definition that this symbol is the key to escaping from an adverse reality, which results in young Anne's resistance to social vulnerabilities.